Leading poster historian Alain Weill comments that "Hohlwein was the
most prolific and brilliant German posterist of the 20th century...Beginning
with his first efforts, Hohlwein found his style with disconcerting
facility. It would vary little for the next forty years. The drawing
was perfect from the start, nothing seemed alien to him, and in any
case, nothing posed a problem for him. His figures are full of touches
of color and a play of light and shade that brings them out of their
background and gives them substance "(Weill)
Self-taught as a graphic designer, he was greatly influenced by the
brilliant work of Beggarstaff.

"His special way of applying colors, letting them dry at different
times, and printing one on top of the other, producing modulations
of shading, has often been copied, but never equaled. He belonged
to no school or group, his art and personality are an unprecedented
phenomenon in the history of German poster art" (Rademacher, p. 22).